On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Linda A. Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Backslash doesn't seem to work correctly when quoting a space in the > --prunepaths option. > Backslash does properly quote a dollar sign, but if you enable the > trace in updatedb, you'll see that it does something weird w/space, and > instead adds a backslash before a quote, and still splits the filename. > > An awkward workaround is to use [[:space:]], so it's not a show-stopper, > but it's certainly not intuitive to people use to using backslash > to quote characters in filenames and regex's... > > Should I just file a bug on it?
I think we have one: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=22467 > > Thanks! > -linda > >
